Ang Kapatiran

Ang Kapatiran Party (AKP, lit. 'The Brotherhood Party'), also known as The Alliance for the Common Good, is a political party in The Philippines founded by Reynaldo "Nandy" Pacheco in 2004. The party participated in the 2007 elections and was not affiliated with either major coalition.

Ang Kapatiran
President	Norman Cabrera
Chairman	Edilberto Cuenca
Founder	Reynaldo Pacheco
Founded	2004 (2004)
Headquarters	Intramuros, Manila
Ideology	Conservatism Social conservatism Christian democracy
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
International affiliation	None
Seats in the Senate	0 / 24
Seats in the House of Representatives	0 / 287
Provincial governorships	0 / 81
Provincial vice governorships	0 / 81
Provincial board members	0 / 76
Website
www.kapatiranparty.org
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Beliefs and ideologies

The AKP's political and social ideology is based on "Traditional Papal" (Catholic) beliefs and is opposed to abortion, divorce, and religious intolerance.

Senatorial candidates

The 2007 Senate elections had three AKP candidates:

• Zosimo Jesus Paredes II, former executive director for Presidential Commission on the Visiting Forces Agreement.
• Dr. Martin Bautista, a gastroenterologist who spent past 17 years working in the United States.
• Adrian Sison, a tax and family law attorney.

New officers

On September 26, 2007, the AKP nominated new officers. Renato H. Peronilla, was appointed as the president, replacing Mario E. Ongkiko. Manolo K. Dayrit became chair and David S. Lim, vice chair. Benjamin P. de Guzman became the vice president, Eric B. Manalang, secretary general, Amador F. Astudillo and Rafael Q. Enriquez, deputy secretaries general, and Ricardo G. Librea the treasurer. Pacheco remained the founder and chair emeritus.[1]

2010 Philippine general election

On October 1, 2008, the party launched its campaign for the 2010 general election in Iloilo City at the national convention of the Philippines' Pontifical Council for the Laity. Party secretary-general Eric Manalang announced AKP would field 4,020 candidates, focused on 200 towns and cities with the largest percentage of young voters. AKP fielded 30 candidates in the 2007 Philippine general election, but only John Carlos de los Reyes won as Olongapo City councilor.[2][3]

On March 4, 2010, senatorial candidate Zosimo Paredes transferred to the Bangon Pilipinas Party of Bro. Eddie Villanueva.

Candidates

• President – Coun. John Carlos "JC" de los Reyes (lost)
• Vice-President – Atty. Dominador "Jun" Chipeco, Jr. (lost)
• Senator
  • Manuel "Manny" Valdehuesa (lost)
  • Col. Hector "Tarzan" Tarrazona (Ret.) PAF (lost)
  • Atty. Jo Aurea "Jo" Imbong (lost)
  • Atty. Grace Riñoza-Plazo (lost)
  • Coun. Reginald "Regie" Tamayo (lost)
  • Mr. Rizalito "Lito" David (lost)
  • Atty. Adrian Sison (lost)

2013 Philippine Senate election

Senatorial Candidates

• Rizalito David (lost)
• John Carlos "JC" delos Reyes (lost)
• Marwil Llasos (lost)

Electoral performance

President

Election	Candidate	Votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election
2010	John Carlos de los Reyes	44,244	0.12%	Lost
2016	Rizalito David			Disqualified

Vice president

Election	Candidate	Votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election
2010	Dominador Chipeco, Jr.	52,562	0.15%	Lost
2016	Albert Alba			Disqualified

Senate

Election	Number of votes for Kapatiran	Share of votes	Seats won	Seats after	Outcome of election
2007	1,877,293	0.7%	0	0 / 24	Lost
2010	2,486,241	0.8%	0	0 / 24	Lost
2013	2,975,641	1.0%	0	0 / 24	Lost
2016	Did not contest

House of Representatives

Election	Number of votes for Kapatiran	Share of votes	Seats	Outcome of election
2010	45,631	0.13%	0 / 287	Lost
2013 (incomplete)	19,019	0.07%	0 / 294	Lost
2016	Did not contest

2016 Philippine general election

The party began the campaign for the 2016 Philippine General Elections on June 24, 2015.[4] On October 12, 2015, Rizalito "Lito" David who previously ran for senate in the party in 2010 and 2013, filed his Certificate of Candidacy as presidential candidate of the party, with Albert Alba as his running mate. Alba is a certified public accountant who previously worked for Sycip Gorres Velayo & Company.[5] On October 15, 2015, the party's six senatorial candidates filed their Certificates of Candidacy.[6] In a press conference on October 26, the party officially announced that they would not endorse their candidates because the AKP planned to boycott the elections and advocate for change into the parliamentary system and to bring federalism in the country.[7] After David announced that candidates would instead run under the newly established Koalisyong Katoliko Kristiyano party as the AKP's successor, the party expelled David and Alba.[8] The electoral commission ruled David a nuisance candidate and disqualified him and Alba.[9]

References

1. Inquirer.net, Kapatiran picks new officers
2. thenewstoday.info, The church-based party aim for positions in 2010 polls
3. GMA news.tv/story, Church-based political party gears up for 2010 polls
4. The Philippine Star, Will good shepherds run for public office?
5. GMA News Online, Poe's accuser Rizalito David files COC for president
6. ABS-CBN News, FULL LIST: 172 Senate bets file certificates of candidacy
7. Alcober, Neil A. (2015-10-26). "Kapatiran calls for boycott of 2016 elections". The Manila Times. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
8. Aning, Jerome (December 30, 2015). "Ang Kapatiran expels Rizalito David for opposing party policy | Inquirer News". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
9. "SC affirms Comelec: Poe nemesis a nuisance bet". Rappler. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2018.